The Atlanta Braves have scored just five runs in their last three games, but hope to get a big offensive boost on Tuesday for their second game against the Cincinnati Reds. Third baseman Chipper Jones is expected to be back after suffering a contusion on his left ankle.
Jones has been out since Friday after getting drilled by a B.J. Upton grounder, but told reporters on Monday he was recovering.
“It’s a little better,” Jones told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I still feel like I’m probably a day or two away. I have a golf-ball sized blister right there that has got to go away. Continue reading